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Why Are 2013 Graduates Considered Unprepared?

Chart Your Course

million students to be graduating with bachelor’s degrees this month, a study by Adecco Staffing found that 58% of hiring managers are not planning to hire any of these new grads. Meanwhile, of the hiring managers that are looking at 2013 graduates, the majority only plans to hire one or two this year.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition! This post begins by considering the 400 year forest management plans that produce trees for making cognac barrels. Believe it or not, this is my number one leadership/management related post. They stay their course, but may miss important input.

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QAspire Blog: Looking Back at 2013

QAspire

Looking back at 2013 fills me with gratitude. Here are some (but not all) highlights: I did an insightful (and very useful) online course titled “ The Art of Leverage ” with my friend and mentor Rajesh Setty. I hope you will enjoy them and revisit: Jan 2013 – Leading Others: How NOT to be in Control. Focus on ‘Touch Time’.

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ASQ Buffalo Quality Conference 2013 :: Mike is Presenting

Mike Cardus

ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference. I will be presenting 2 workshops at the ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference – October 15 & 16. Burnout and stress increase when people do not have effective tools and skills to manage work demands and when they don’t know how to move from “survival anxiety” to “change anxiety”.

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Time Machine Tuesday: E is for Effective Time Management to Ensure Balance in Your Life: Go Ride a Bike!

General Leadership

13 July 2013. Of course you’ve probably heard the sayings “go fly a kite” or “stop and smell the roses.” So why am I telling you to go ride a bike when we’re talking about time management you ask? The post Time Machine Tuesday: E is for Effective Time Management to Ensure Balance in Your Life: Go Ride a Bike!

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Managing Distraction in the Digital Era

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. Amy received her BA from Harvard and MBA from Yale School of Management. Why does this matter?

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25 Coaching Questions to Create your 2013 Leadership Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Managers, once you’ve created your own plan, use the questions to coach your employees to create their plans. You manager, a mentor, a coach? How can you find a good course, a book, articles, websites, blogs, podcasts, and other learning resources related to your learning goals? How will you share your plan with your manager?

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